toxic-workplace

Manager texts employee at midnight to cover a shift, threatens their career when they ignore it

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Pharmacy fires employee, tells remaining employees that they're not allowed to take time off: 'I’m afraid I‘ll lose my job if I ask to take a few days'

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Employee is caught working two full-time jobs via his LinkedIn account, is fired on the spot: 'They took a screenshot and sent it to their boss'

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25-year-old accountant quits on the spot after their manager calls them 'stupid': 'I lost all the motivation and focus and immediately felt disgusted'

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'Get all of the documentation you can about this': Retail job asks employees to use the bathroom only on their pre-determined breaks

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Employee gets no coverage for long weekends off, is expected to cover for colleagues taking 2-3 weeks off at once

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Employee considers quitting during week 1 of new job making 3x their previous salary because of disorganization: 'Is this a joke?'

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Manager flips out on employee after they talk about their 'side project' with their coworkers

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Work investigates employee for leaving the country during sick leave because of their email timestamps: 'You're 100% going to get fired'

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Janitor quits their job on the spot after boss halved their hours without telling them: 'I am stunned than no one talked to you'

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Company 'owns' employee's LinkedIn for the duration of their job: 'They have full access to my account including posts, comments, reactions, DMs, and all done by them, for their brand, using my name and my face'

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Annoying coworker continually pushes colleague to strive for higher position, it backfires: 'This place will fall apart without me'

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Employee builds app to track how many times coworker says 'circling back' in meetings: 'Recently [he said it] 23 times in a 56 minute sync'

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Boss asks employee to cancel nonrefundable vacation because it coincides with hers: 'I calculated the fees, they are way more than a few hundred dollars'

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Retail worker gives 2 week's notice, boss chews them out for not giving advance notice of the notice: 'Essentially she wanted a 1 month notice'

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Pharmacy continually schedules worker for 11-8 and Saturday shifts despite them only being available weekday mornings: 'You need to nip this in the bud'

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